Removing an item from alcove

[xbdj]

Is there a way to remove an item from an alcove with scripting?
I can only find the "addItem"...I would like the alcove to "eat" an item, when a button is pushed

[crisman]

Yes, you can, I'll give you an example:
Let's say you want to destroy a dagger in an alcove, then the script will be:

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funcion destroyDagger()

for i in alcove:containedItems() do
if i.name == "dagger" then
i:destroy()
end
end

end

[Brodie301]

But if you don't want the dagger to be permanently destroyed do it like:

eatalcove:addItem(spawn("dagger", nil, nil, nil, nil, "eatdagger"))

That will give unique name to the dagger, change alcove name to what you want as well, use crismans script and change name to "eatdagger" then tie button press to the script.

I believe that will work, not tested.

[xbdj]

Great - thanks both of you
"i:destroy" was what I needed!

[xbdj]

I would like to also remove the alcove all together - but when I destroy it with alcove:destroy(), the whole wall gets removed and only a black hole remains...

Is there a way to only remove the alcove, and not the entire wall?

[Hariolor]

I would like to also remove the alcove all together - but when I destroy it with alcove:destroy(), the whole wall gets removed and only a black hole remains...

Is there a way to only remove the alcove, and not the entire wall?

best bet is probably to spawn a secret wall from the same wallset in the same place the alcove was

[xbdj]

Thought about that too - but havent looked into how (if possible) it is done...

[Hariolor]

Thought about that too - but havent looked into how (if possible) it is done...

This seems to work fine:

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function alcoveswap()
	dungeon_alcove_1:destroy()
	spawn("dungeon_secret_door",1,13,16,1)
end

edit: I had to place the secret door manually the first time to get the coordinates and orientation right...that was the only tricky part.

[xbdj]

Nice thinking...you cant place a wall (?) so you place a secret door instead
Works nicely though!

[Hariolor]

Yep...just be really careful when you destroy the alcove...if the same script gets called again somehow (e.g., by a pressure plate), or if another script somewhere else tries to do something with the alcove, it will crash the game because that alcove ID was already destroyed once!